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English words starting with “R

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rabbit

noun
Louisiana Creole:lapin

Mô mè toujou konné lir Lapin pou mò, kan mo té piti.

My mother always used to read Br'er Rabbit to me, when I was little.

Mo ashté mokin lapin.

I bought my own rabbit.

Sô lapin pli piti’k mô lapin. (Sô lapin pli piti pasé mokin.)

Her rabbit is smaller than mine.

rabid

noun
Louisiana Creole:enrajé

Shyin-la-yé té enrajé

The dogs were rabid

Zanimo-la-yé dan labri-la, yé tou té fé lamizè é t’apé bwayé komm yé enrajé

The animals at the shelter were all being mean to me and barking like they were rapid

Kèkfwa mo pens mô ti sœr enrajé. Jish pa toushé sô kréyon koloré-yé ou li va ataké

Sometimes I think my little sister is rapid. Just don't touch her crayons or she might attack.

rabies

noun
Louisiana Creole:dékriz (alt: kriz)

Li gin dékriz-la!

She has the rabies!

Kan un shyin gin dékriz, ça mòd un mounn, épi mounn-ça gin dékriz osi, komm unn fyèv.

When a dog who has rabies bites a person, that person gets the rabbies too, like a fever.

Pou dékriz, to pe prenn dilo sinativ. Ç’alé édé kalmé twa.

When you have the rabies, take sedative water. It will help calm you.

Louisiana Creole:shawi

Pour kèk mounn, shawi-yé çé miñon, mé pou mò, yé sé danjéré.

Raccoons are cute to some, but to me they are just dangerous.

Mo tèlmen fim, mo pe manjé un bòl gombo shawi.

I'm so hungry, I could eat a bowl of racoon gumbo.

Shawi-yé, yé nwa é gri.

Racoons are black and gray.

race

Noun
Louisiana Creole:laras
Louisiana Creole:lakous/lakours
Louisiana Creole:kours; lakous

Anon tiré un lakous!

Let's have a race!

Kèkmoun di’k "ras" aryen dòt ke un "kours" an moun-yé.

Some people say that "race" is only a "race" among man.

Èske t’olé gard kours-la?

Do you want to watch the race?

Louisiana Creole:kourèr, kourér

Mé mo toujour èt tro gro pou mont an le kourèr.

I have always been too big to ride a racehorse.

Dékòl kourèr to té fé pari ann?

Which racehorse did you bet on?

Mo té pari ann kourèr nwa-çala!

I bet on that black racehorse!

rack

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:kasé

Kasé so latèt.

Rack one's brain.

Li té kasé avek koupab.

He was racked with guilt.

Li té kasé lévé pwen-yé a joujou-la.

She racked up points at the game.

racket

noun
Louisiana Creole:boulvari; sasakwa; vimvam; tapaj
Synonyms:noise

radical

adjective
Louisiana Creole:radikal

radio

Noun
Louisiana Creole:redyo, rédyo

radio

Noun
Louisiana Creole:telefon